这本是一些同志 改过自新的机会
“this is a chance for some comrades to turn over a new leaf.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
被查从严的原则
“being investigated.”
这本是一些同志 改过自新 的机会
“this is a chance for some comrades to turn over a new leaf.”
但这项工作 在京海开展的结果
“But the results carried out in Jinghai”
“We gave them a chance to come clean, but they chose to blow it.”
In Chinese bureaucratic culture, officials are often offered a window of leniency to self-report misdeeds before full disciplinary investigations are launched.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to turn over a new leaf; to reform oneself
A formal four-character idiom frequently used when giving wrongdoers a second chance to rehabilitate.
this was originally / was supposed to be
Used to introduce a contrast between the original ideal intention and an unsatisfactory reality.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You must reform yourself.”
“I'm helping him get back on the right track.”
“chance for you to redeem yourself.”
“to start over completely.”
“Give me a chance to turn over a new leaf...”
“to reflect on and amend for my wrongdoing with actual actions, ♪ Let my tears be carried away, back into the ocean ♪”
“so he wants to give you a second chance.”
“So I asked to come here to repent, so you never have to see me again.”